Hogwarts Melting Ice Journey

Stephen and Rowan walked out of Filch's office. They planned to open the Marauder's Map after returning to the common room. More than ten minutes later, they arrived at the door of the common room, waiting for the eagle-shaped door knocker to ask questions.

"Why do some people die but he is still alive?"

Stephen always felt that the questions asked by the Eagle Knocker at certain times would be instructive to him, and it would seem strange to ask this question in the middle of October, especially on the penultimate Sunday.

"Because his spirit lives on," Stephen replied.

The knocker didn't speak this time, but opened the door directly. The two walked into the common room. As usual, there were always very few people on weekends.

The two of them walked to the corner and sat down as usual. Stephen took out the parchment and handed it to Rowan.

Rowan took a look and saw that the parchment was empty. He looked up at Stephen and asked: "Stephen, are you sure this is the Marauder's Map you are talking about?"

Stephen nodded. There was no need for Filch to fool them with a fake Marauder's Map. After all, Filch himself had no idea how to use this map.

"But I think this is just a blank piece of parchment. The only thing that is special is that it is old and yellowed." Rowan opened the Marauder's Map and placed it on the table. "Stephen, do you know how to use it?"

Stephen shook his head, even if he knew the method, he couldn't say it anymore. He could blame Jacob for knowing the Marauder's Map, but it would be strange if he also knew how to use it.

Rowan checked the parchment, took out his wand and waved it at the parchment, "Reveal quickly."

Writing appeared on the parchment: "Moon Face advises Mr. Kenner not to use magic spells on the map at will."

"Padfoot thinks Mr. Kenner could use a smarter approach."

"Prongs thought Mr. Kenner could ask Mr. Tony next to him for advice."

"Wormtail agrees with what the above three said."

Stephen sat in his seat and watched Rowan's reaction. He did not have the ability to read reverse words, so he could only wait for Rowan to take a look at him after reading.

Rowan turned the parchment over, and Stephen was speechless as he looked at the words above. Peter Pettigrew's words really fit his image of a yes-man and follower in the minds of the other three.

"I think this is probably a password." Stephen said casually, "Judging from their tone, it shouldn't be a serious password. Rowan, you can try it more."

"I understand, Stephen." Rowan nodded, "But I think the magic here is not just name magic."

"This may also contain the creator's thoughts. They are all interesting magic." Stephen took out his notes and then turned out a few pieces of parchment, planning to write the unfinished paper. I don’t know what Professor McGonagall was thinking, but he assigned a paper that was no less than eight inches long.

Rowan looked at the Marauder's Map and thought. Under normal circumstances, his homework was completed while studying in the library, so Stephen didn't see him worrying about his homework.

Stephen felt that this year's top grader should choose either Martin or Rowan, and he would be fine just lying in his comfort zone and being a salty fish.

"Four gentlemen, please open this map." Rowan said, looking at the Marauder's Map.

The previous writing on the Marauder's Map has disappeared, but now a new sentence has resurfaced: "Moony Face thinks Mr. Kenner is very polite; Prongs thinks politeness is not enough; Padfoot thinks Mr. Kenner has not found the Marauder's Point. What a map really does; Wormtail’s friendly reminder to polite Mr. Kenner to give up his politeness.”

Rowan felt that just the magic of surfacing the dialogue was enough for him to study for a long time, and he could also study the method of opening this map at the same time.

"What's the real purpose?" Rowan thought of the cabinets that Filch had left before, and he was thinking about the most likely scenario. "Mr. Filch should have taken it out of the cabinets with confiscated items and highly dangerous notes." , and to him, items used to violate school rules are dangerous items."

"To open this map, you should need to speak the password from a first-person perspective. At the same time, you must consider that the person who violates the school rules with this map knows that he has violated the school rules, but it is nothing to him, so... "

Rowan thought that he should try this idea, and he said to the Marauder's Map: "I don't think I did anything that violated school rules."

"Moon-face has to praise Mr. Kenner, you are very close to the correct password."

"Prongs thought we could grant Mr. Kenner an hour."

"Padfoot and Wormtail agree with Prongs' suggestion."

The discussion on the map disappeared, and new writing appeared on the header:

Moonface, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

gentlemen who help magical mischief makers

Introducing

Marauder's Map

The writing disappeared, and a map of Hogwarts appeared on the parchment. Rowan found the names of everyone still in the school on it, "Stephen, come and take a look."

Stephen stopped the pen in his hand and moved the chair next to Rowan. Stephen's eyes scanned the map casually. Except for some places whose locations could not be marked, the information in the school was very complete.

"It seems that someone has used some kind of tracking magic." Professor Keyes noticed something while sitting in his chair. He picked up the wand on the table and pointed it at his left hand, and then continued to drink Coke while writing in the red notebook. thing.

"Stephen, you are right, it does contain the content of name magic." Rowan looked at all the places marked on the map, "And it can also track everyone's location."

Stephen nodded, "So is this Marauder's Map useful for your research?"

Rowan thought for a while and shook his head, "The magic contained in it is very complicated. At our current level, we can't even tell what magic was used. If we study it rashly, we will probably destroy this map."

He prepared to close the Marauder's Map, but he noticed that even after closing the Marauder's Map, all its contents did not disappear like before.

Rowan thought for a while, "Perhaps there should be a completion password to help magic mischief makers, so the closing password may be the completion of the prank."

He spoke the password, and then the contents on the map disappeared and turned back into a blank parchment.

Rowan handed the map to Stephen, "Stephen, what should I do with this map?"

"We'd better keep holding it." Stephen felt that holding the Marauder's Map might be useful in the future. He clipped the map into his notebook and continued to write the paper.

Rowan nodded, then stood up and took a book from the bookshelf to read.